http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=40301<snip>Even the sheik, who has long participated with American forces, agreed. “They say Saddam Hussein killed 160 people in the Dujail area,” he said, referring to an 1982 incident north of Baghdad for which Saddam was tried by the Iraqi High Tribunal and faces sentencing in October. “Right now every day 200 people are getting killed in Baghdad. Those are just the dead bodies we’ve found.”
And what of the Americans?
“They are occupiers and invaders,” Khalid said flatly, gesturing to the group of American soldiers who strolled down the street. “That’s it. Any Iraqi wishes that the American army would leave Iraq.”
Local farmer Qais Latif, 37, was more diplomatic.
“Imagine if someone came to your country, wearing this uniform with this weapon and told you where to go,” he said. “Imagine how you would feel.”
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